On August 8, 1918, as our battery began the long trail which landed us
in Cologne before Christmas we met a military policeman who had in his
charge three very dejected-looking German prisoners. "Brummy," our
battery humorist, shouted to the red-cap: "'Ullo, Bobby, what are yer
clinkin' those poor old blokes for?"
"Creatin' a disturbance on the Western Front," replied the
red-cap.--_Wm. G. Sheppard (late Sergeant, 24th Siege Bty., R.A.), 50
Benares Road, Plumstead, S.E.18._